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Lyle’s Steakhouse, Part V
February 8, 2007 in Life of Brian
The next day we tempt fate. Figuring we’re in Vegas, we try our luck again, and make our way over to the cafe. This time we are joined for lunch by Paul’s wife, Kathy.
Luckily, a day earlier I told Jim and Paul about the rooms at Atrium Suites. Two days ago they wouldn’t have believed me and now they were in this with me. “Welcome to my world!” I said.
We sit down at our regular table and we are handed the nice menus again. “Uh, can we actually order off of these menus today or are they reserved for another lot?” asks Paul.
“Yes, you can order off of those! I’ll be back in a minute to take your order.”
You know how it is, your car makes all those funny noises until you drive it in to the mechanic. On cue, Kathy looks at us and thinks we are all liars. “Oooh! That was bad service, guys!”
“Just wait,” Jim said.
A few minutes later the waitress comes back and takes our order. I have tuna, Kathy and Paul have the club, and Jim orders a mushroom cheeseburger off the new menu (it wasn’t on the paper menu).
The waitress thanks us and goes to get our drinks.
Several minutes later the waitress comes out and tells Jim that they are out of mushrooms.
Jim, Paul and I almost fall out of our chairs! This is too much!
I wipe away my tears and stop laughing long enough to see Kathy’s mouth wide open in shock. A classic “Kodak Moment” if there ever was one.
Jim switches his order to a hamburger and Paul asks for a refill of his diet Coke as the waitress leaves.
Our food comes out and the waitress asks if we need anything else.
“I’d like the refill I asked for and Brian would like some ketchup,” Paul said.
Ten minutes later, nothing.
Kathy, who was a secondary character in the life of Brian, now takes an active roll. She gets up and starts looking for our waitress and/or some ketchup and diet Coke. She returns empty handed but vows satisfaction.
Just then, another waitress comes out with food for the table next to us.
Someone ordered chicken fingers… and fries. “Jim,” I asked, “isn’t that chicken fingers and fries? I thought she said you couldn’t order those with fries!”
Jim rose slightly from his seat, his face turned red, beads of sweat formed on his forehead… “DON’T GET ME STARTED! What the? Are you kidding me?! Where’s our waitress?!”
The waitress from the other table turned and asked if we needed anything. Jim wanted the other waitress. Kathy wanted an ice cream sundae. I wanted ketchup. And Paul wanted his refill.
A third waitress comes out with our bill and an ice cream scoop plopped into chocolate milk. Kathy asks, “What is this?”
“That’s a sundae, ma’am,” says the waitress. “Would you like nuts on it?”
“First of all, this isn’t a sundae in any country on this planet but yes, maybe some nuts would make it better.”
Five minutes later, the waitress hands Kathy a melted sundae with almond shavings on top from what looks to be a McDonald’s salad. “Those aren’t peanuts!” Kathy explains.
“Well, they are nuts, ma’am. And we’re all out of peanuts.”
Kathy told the waitress to take it away and as the waitress left, she said, “I’ll take your check when ready!”
And at the same instant. All at once. All four of us looked around for the Candid Camera.
But Candid Camera which gave pleasure to millions of viewers is off the air and yet Atrium Suites is still in business and booking conferences.
Go figure.
Tags: Atrium Suites, Jim Lodwig, Kodak Moment, Paul Forcey
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Brian
I was there and this still makes me laugh!
When I talk about going to this years internet superconference I almost think it is more due to the fun and laughs we had rather than the actual content of the conference..
Paul